4 h. ago Ominous warning to the West: New 'Axis of Evil' between Presidents Xi, Putin and Kim Jong Un poses an even greater threat than the NAZIS, says MARK ALMOND

The master of ceremonies, China's Xi Jinping, flanked by Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong un, presented his vast country as the beating heart of an even more extensive alliance.

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8 h. ago Voices: Putin and Xi’s hot mic moment wasn’t even the oddest thing to emerge from China

When the dictators were accidentally recorded at their China summit debating organ transplants and other outlandish scientific means to help them achieve immortality, was anyone really surprised, asks Mary Dejevsky

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9 h. ago Laser wars: How China's newly revealed weapon that can blind pilots and destroy electronics compares to US and UK's Star Wars technology

Xi Jinping, flanked by Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, took the opportunity to show off the LY-1 shipborne laser weapon.

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15 h. ago NATO chief demands European answer TODAY on how to protect Ukraine as divided leaders meet in France after Putin, Xi and Kim Jong

It comes as leaders from Europe, Turkey, Australia and Canada head to Paris to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on what concrete measures they are prepared to offer Kyiv.

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15 h. ago Kim Jong Un’s staff seen scrubbing every surface he touched after meeting with Putin

Analysts say extreme security measure meant to prevent foreign intelligence agencies from gathering samples that may reveal North Korean leader’s health condition

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15 h. ago North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

China’s Foreign Ministry says that visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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32 h. ago From outcast to ally: Kim Jong Un takes his place beside Xi and Putin

North Korean leader thwarts ‘perpetual underestimation’ by turning adversaries into partners

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33 h. ago Trump’s belligerence is pushing Xi, Putin and Kim together – and tearing the old world order apart | Simon Tisdall

The three-way partnership on show in Beijing is united in opposition to US hegemony and a western-dominated financial systemSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreDonald Trump’s first reaction to the disconcerting spectacle of China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un marching side-by-side at a huge military parade in Beijing was, predictably, all about him. This show of solidarity and strength, he complained, was nothing less than an attempt to “conspire” against the United States. Trump likes military parades – his own, that is. Even more, he likes to be on the podium, at the centre of attention. He casts himself as world number one. The images coming out of the Chinese capital this week challenged him on all three counts.This puncturing of Trump’s insecure ego, and the striking feebleness of his response, will greatly grat...

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33 h. ago Hot mic catches Putin discussing how to achieve immortality with President Xi and Kim Jong Un

Russian despot Vladimir Putin has been caught rambling about immortality during a summit with Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un.

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37 h. ago Moment North Koreans 'remove all traces of Kim Jong Un's DNA' from meeting room where he met Putin by wiping down furniture and removing items

The North Korean and Russian leaders met on Wednesday following a massive military parade in Beijing.

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39 h. ago China's terrifying military's perfect formation parading for Putin & Kim Jong

China's XI Jinping sent chilling messages to the West and his enemies as thousands of military members marched in unison down Tiananmen Square in front of 50,000 people and dozens of world leaders

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40 h. ago Putin grins with Kim and Xi Jinping as 'axis of evil' meet up at military parade

Evil pals Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un were pictured as guests of honour at Xi Jinping's major military parade in China - which Donald Trump blasted as "conspiring against the US"

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40 h. ago Trump accuses Xi, Putin and Kim of ‘conspiring’ against US after China unveils new long range missiles: Latest

Xi Jinping warns world must ‘choose between peace and war’ as he presides over huge show of force flanked by two-dozen world leaders in Tiananmen Square

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41 h. ago China parades new weapons in front of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong

‘Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against the United States of America,’ Trump posted on Truth Social

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41 h. ago Trump condemns Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un for 'conspiring against America' as despots unveil China's new laser weapon at military parade

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted the military parade to mark 80 years since the war, warning humanity must choose between peace and war. His guests included Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.

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43 h. ago A look at the world leaders joining China's military parade in a show of solidarity with Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping has hosted a military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II

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44 h. ago Xi, Putin and Kim: behind the choreographed image that could symbolise a shift in the global balance of power

In an unprecedented spectacle the leaders of Russia, China and North Korea led a group of more than 20 world leaders at a victory day parade in BeijingFull report: Xi Jinping appears with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un at China military paradeIt is an image that, had it been published just a few years ago, would have been dismissed as a piece of mischievous photo-shopping: the leaders of Russia and China, accompanied by the head of a pariah regime whose mission to arm his country with nuclear weapons had been opposed at the United Nations by his two companions.But dramatic shifts in the geopolitical landscape – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, crucially, the re-election of Donald Trump – have combined to bring Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un together in what many observers are calling a dramatic redrawing of the global balance of power. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago China military parade live: Trump accuses Xi, Putin and Kim of ‘conspiring’ against US as new weapons unveiled

Xi Jinping warns world must ‘choose between peace and war’ as he presides over huge show of force flanked by Russian and North Korean counterparts in Tiananmen Square

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45 h. ago Trump goes scorched earth on Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un for 'conspiring against America' as world despots unite to unveil chilling new weapon at China's military parade

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted the military parade to mark 80 years since the war, warning humanity must choose between peace and war. His guests included Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.

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45 h. ago China military parade live: Xi unveils new nuclear missile flanked by Putin and Kim

Xi Jinping warns world must ‘choose between peace and war’ as he presides over huge show of force flanked by Russian and North Korean counterparts in Tiananmen Square

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